Running Quest: Soul Raiders

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"Tomorrow is the day: you will pledge yourself to the ancestral order of the Soul Raiders, in the heart of their mighty fortress. As a powerful warrior-mage, you will vow to watch over the world of Kivros and its inhabitants, explore the ruins of forgotten civilisations… And above all, send tortured souls back beyond the Veil, where they belong."

"Are you ready, young apprentice, to forfeit any hope for glory, wealth, and the tranquillity of an ordinary life? Will you honor your pledge to this order, and take arms to face this world's countless dangers?"

"Embark for a mysterious and breathtaking journey, full of thrilling adventures and stunning revelations… Join the Soul Raiders."

Soul Raiders is a story-driven cooperative game created by best-selling author Marc André (Splendor) and talented artists including Guillaume Tavernier (De Architectura) and Magali Villeneuve (Magic The Gathering).

In this fast-paced narrative game, players become powerful heroes who roam freely through various settings, cooperating to overcome threatening dangers before it's too late.

An Epic Narrative Game

  • Soul Raiders immerses players in a high-fantasy setting as powerful heroes overcoming threats to their order of warrior-mages and the universe itself.
  • Designed like a book, the game divides into chapters or game sessions (2 to 4 hours per session). Each chapter depicts a specific setting where players complete quests, collect information, and increase their power to progress through the overarching story.
  • Soul Raiders spans several chapters, weaving an epic tale around players and their characters from one book to the next.

A Fast-Paced and Cinematic Game System

  • The game features fast-paced, streamlined gameplay entirely geared toward story-driven, cinematic, cooperative adventure.
  • Players act simultaneously to explore surroundings without turn order, progressing together or splitting the party to move between scenes.
  • Each setting consists of tiles — places where heroes interact with their environment. Taking various actions while battling forces against them, they jump from tile to tile as the story unfolds.

Building Cooperative Tension

  • Heroes live and die as one with a common health point pool tracked on the board's side.
  • Even if they stay safe, time runs out fast. The Threat track serves as another timer bringing heroes to their demise, progressing as they encounter creatures and events.

Narrative Story with Strong Replay Value

  • If they cooperate efficiently, any path can lead to chapter completion as players don't follow specific events but achieve independent, interwoven quests.
  • If the party fails, it can still move to the next chapter, triggering a unique setback. Only the final chapter requires successful completion.
  • This non-linear narrative approach combined with time pressure and story-pushing ability ensures excellent replay value.

What Soul Raiders Offers

  • More than 700 cards illustrated by talented artists like Guillaume Tavernier and Magali Villeneuve
  • Innovative story-driven cooperative game
  • Streamlined and fast-paced system
  • Strong narrative elements with good replay value

Soul Raiders is the kind of game requiring crowdfunding to become reality. The game box holds over one thousand illustrated cards of various sizes, miniatures for adventurers, and numerous tokens and tracks. The story-driven game genre appeals to the board game community on Kickstarter, who enjoy rich, narratively detailed fantastic settings.

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